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Amatory

//ˈɑ.mə.tə.ɹi// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to love, especially sexual love.

    "Eggs, oysters, too, are amatory food; / But who is their purveyor from above / Heaven knows […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance wordnet

Etymology

From Latin amātōrius (“pertaining to love or a lover”, adjective), from amātor (“a lover”), from amō (“I love”).

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